Vandort was a late bloomer, he started his career with St Joseph's First XI and made a good impression quickly. He was selected for Boards XI to take on India, with a superb hundred in the p...Full profile

Vandort was a late bloomer, he started his career with St Joseph's First XI and made a good impression quickly. He was selected for Boards XI to take on India, with a superb hundred in the practise game, he was selected for the national team but was on the sidelines for a while. The moment he was waiting for came during the 2001 tour of Bangladesh where he debuted and scored 36. However, he was kept out of the side even after scoring a hundred in his second game because Jayasuriya and Atapattu were the regular openers.

He fought his way back and made it to the side once again in 2006 for the tour of Bangladesh. Although he had a mediocre series, the selectors persisted with him for the tour of England. Vandort did not disappoint as he scored a gritty hundred in the second innings of the Birmingham Test but failed to prevent defeat. Since then he was a permanent member of the side and had a very good two years as he scored tons against Bangladesh and England again. Things started to change during the tour of West Indies in 2008, where he managed only one fifty in 4 innings. That was his last fifty for Sri Lanka as he failed against the touring Indians and was dropped after first Test against Bangladesh at Dhaka.

Vandort played just the one ODI and he scored a very slow 48 against Australia. He was not considered for the shorter forms of the game as he was not a swift mover on the field.